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Deuteronomy 16:20-22
Lexham English Bible
Deuteronomy 16:20-22
Lexham English Bible
20 Justice, only justice[a] you shall pursue, so that you may live, and you shall take possession of the land that Yahweh your God is giving to you. 21 You shall not plant for yourselves[b] an Asherah pole[c] beside the altar of Yahweh your God that you make for yourselves.[d] 22 And you shall not set up for yourselves a stone pillar, a thing that Yahweh your God hates.
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- Deuteronomy 16:20 Literally “justice justice”
- Deuteronomy 16:21 Hebrew “for/to you” but with collective meaning
- Deuteronomy 16:21 Literally “an Asherah of any wood/tree”
- Deuteronomy 16:21 Hebrew “for/to you” but with collective meaning
Deuteronomy 16:20-22
New International Version
Deuteronomy 16:20-22
New International Version
20 Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Worshiping Other Gods
21 Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole(A) beside the altar you build to the Lord your God,(B) 22 and do not erect a sacred stone,(C) for these the Lord your God hates.
Deuteronomy 16:20-22
New King James Version
Deuteronomy 16:20-22
New King James Version
20 You shall follow what is altogether just, that you may (A)live and inherit the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
21 (B)“You shall not plant for yourself any tree, as a [a]wooden image, near the altar which you build for yourself to the Lord your God. 22 (C)You shall not set up a sacred pillar, which the Lord your God hates.
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- Deuteronomy 16:21 Or Asherah
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